1.Effects of anti-tumor drugs on myeloid-derived suppressor cells
Journal of International Oncology 2013;40(9):655-658
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) play an important immunosuppressive role during the tumor development process.And the progression of many tumors are always accompanied with abnormal accumulation of MDSCs.Moreover,both the accumulation and functions of MDSCs could be affected by complicated factors.Therefore,how to effectively reduce the immunosuppressive effects of MDSCs in oncotherapy has become the focus of scholars.Recent studies show that anti-tumor drugs can affect many biological behaviors of MDSCs.
2.Analysis on the clinicopathology characteristics of anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Gangping WANG ; Shenghua TIAN ; Fenhua LIANG
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2009;18(3):158-159,162
Objective To investigate the clinicopathology characteristics, immunopheotypic of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) in order to improve its diagnostic and therapeutic accuracy. Methods The clinical, immunophenotypic and histopathologie features of 19 cases ALCL were retrospectively studied. The expression of CD30, ALK, CD43, CD45RO, EMA and TIA-1 was detected using EnVision immunohistochemical technique. Results All patients were primary systemic ALCL. Among the 19 patients, 11 were males and 8were females. The age ranged from 2 to 71 years, average age 26 years old. It shows a broad morphologic spectrum of the tumor cell and the hallmark cells characterized by sheets of large lymphoid cells withchromatin-poor horseshoe-shaped nuclei containing multiple nucleoli were encountered in all ALCL variants. 16patients (84.2 %) showed B-symptoms, and extranodal involvement was present in 14 (73.7 % ).Immunohistochemical study showed that the tumor cells expressed CD30 (100 %), ALK (78.9 %), EMA(52.6 %), TIA-1 (73.7 %) and 2 cases (10.5 %) neither expressed ALK, nor EMA,TIA-1.17 cases were reached the correct diagnosis according to combination of clinic, histological and immunological features.Conclusion The correct diagnosis of ALCL may be reached by combination of clinic, histological and immunological features according to WHO classification. Immunohistoehemical staining for CD30, ALK, EMA and TIA-1 is useful in making a correct diagnosis.
3.Knockdown of survivin expression by siRNA induces apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
Liang, WU ; Ying, WANG ; Deying, TIAN
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences) 2007;27(4):403-6
Survivin, a newly identified member of IAP family, is a powerful apoptosis-inhibiting factor. It is expressed in embryonic tissues as well as in the majority of human cancers, but not in most normal adult tissues. The cancer-specific expression of survivin makes it a potential target for cancer treatment. A survivin-specific small inhibitory RNA (siRNA) was introduced into hepatocellular carcinoma cells to investigate its effect on cancer cell apoptosis, growth and sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs. It was found that expressions of survivin protein and proliferation index (PI) in siRNA groups were significantly decreased, the apoptosis index (AI) of siRNA groups was significantly higher than those of others groups, and the growth inhibition rate (GIR) of chemotherapeutic drugs in siRNA groups were significantly higher than those of other groups. Our study suggests that the expression of survivin may be significantly decreased in hepG2 cell after siRNA transfection. siRNA targeting survivin could induce cell apoptosis, inhibit cell proliferation and sensitize hepatocarcinoma cells to chemotherapy. Our findings provide preliminary evidence for the therapeutic use of survivin-targeted RNA interference for human tumors that express high levels of this molecule.
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RNA, Small Interfering/*genetics
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RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
4.Ethical Suggestions for Fetal Echocardiography Examination and Counseling Service
Yutong LIANG ; Tian ZHOU ; Zhen WANG
Chinese Medical Ethics 2015;(3):335-337
The application of fetal echocardiography in clinical is increasing , more and more patients need de-tailed consulting services .The following suggestions are made:Echocardiographic doctors should set up the consulting service consciousness , provide consulting with patience , popularity and carefulness; the doctors should understand the patients and their family′s emotions and also pay attention to the psychological care;environmental requirements for patients′echocardiographic examination and counseling service;encouraging multidisciplinary join the participa-tion of consulting services .
6.Therapeutic Effect of Shenluo'an Decoction for Obese Patients with Early Diabetic Nephropathy and Its Anti-inflammation Mechanism
Liming TIAN ; Xing WANG ; Yujie HAO ; Guiying WANG ; Zhenfeng LIANG
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(2):158-163
Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of Shenluo'an Decoction(SD) for the treatment of obese patients with early diabetic nephropathy and to explore the possible mechanism.Methods A total of 68 obese patients with early diabetic nephropathy were randomly assigned into control group and treatment group,34 cases in each group.Both groups were given conventional western medicine treatment including lifestyle regulation,dietary control,and medicine for lowering blood pressure,blood glucose and blood lipids.Additionally,the control group was given oral use of Irbesartan,and the treatment group was given oral use of SD combined with Irbesartan.Before and after treatment,we observed the traditional Chinese medical syndrome scores,body mass index(BMI),blood levels of cystatin C (Cys C),β2-microglobumin(β2-MG),homocysteine (Hcy) and fasting blood glucose (FBG),and urine parameters of urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 / urinary creatinine (UMCP-1/UCR),urinary factor of regulated on activation in normal T cell expressed and secreted / urinary creatinine (URANTES/UCR),urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) and urinary albumin excretion ratio (UAER) before treatment and after treatment for 16 weeks.After treatment,the clinical efficacy and safety were also evaluated.Results (1) During the treatment,5 cases were dropped out,and a total of 63 cases (32 from the treatment group and 31 from the control group) completed the experiment.(2) The total effective rate of the treatment group(90.6%) was significantly higher than that of the control group(67.7%),the difference being significant(P < 0.05).(3)BMI of the two groups after treatment was significantly lower than that before treatment (P < 0.05).(4) After treatment,the traditional Chinese medical syndrome scores,blood parameters (Cys C,β2-MG,Hcy,FBG) and urine parameters (UMCP-1/UCR,URANTES/UCR,UACR,UAER) in the treatment group were decreased as compared with those before treatment and those in the control group after treatment(P <0.05).(5) A positive correlation was present among the parameters of UMCP-1/UCR,URANTES/UCR,UACR and UAER.(6) No abnormal changes took place in the blood and stool routine examination,hepatic function,or electrocardiography of the 63 cases.Conclusion SD combined with western medicine exerts certain therapeutic effect for obese patients with early diabetic nephropathy,and is effective on relieving clinical symptoms anddecreasing BMI,Cys C,β2-MG,UACR,UAER,UMCP-1 and URANTES.Its mechanism is probably related with the inhibition of chronic renal inflammation.
7.Clinical efficacy and safety of Shenmai and meglumine cyclic adenosine monophosphate in the treatment of chronic heart failure with
Chunling WANG ; Adi CHEN ; Liang TIAN ; Yang QIN
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2016;23(2):253-255,256
Objective To investigate the clinical curative effect and safety of Shenmai combined with meglu-mine adenosine cyclophosphate in the treatment of chronic heart failure.Methods 118 patients with chronic heart failure were selected as the research subjects.They were randomly divided into control group and observation group, 59 cases in each group.The patients in the control group received routine comprehensive treatment,the observation group was given intravenous Shenmai injection 50mL,1 /d,meglumine adenosine cyclophosphate injection 120mg, 250mL 5% glucose injection intravenous drip note,the 1 time /d,7d for a course of treatment.Two groups of patients received a total of 2 courses of treatment.Before and after treatment,left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)was detected by cardiac ultrasound,and the brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)level in patients was measured.The total effective rate of the two groups was analyzed.Results Before treatment,LVEF of the control group and the observa-tion group were (32.19 ±5.72)%,(32.50 ±6.01 )%.After treatment,LVEF of control group was (36.62 ± 4.13)%,LVEF indexes in the observation group was (42.09 ±5.52)%,LVEF increased significantly in the two groups,but that in the observation group was higher than that of the control group (t =-3.882,P =0.017),the difference was statistically significant.Before treatment,BNP index of the observation group and the control group were (485.16 ±206.15 )pg/mL,(489.11 ±178.96)pg/mL,after treatment,BNP level of the observation group was (159.29 ±93.62)pg/mL,BNP level in the control group was (322.36 ±156.58)pg/mL,BNP in the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group(t =-7.443,P =0.000).24 cases in the observation group after treatment,effective in 30 cases,the total effective rate was 91.53%,which was significantly higher than 76.27% of the control group (χ2 =9.524,P =0.003).No obvious adverse reactions or allergic reaction etc.were observed in the observation group.Conclusion The therapeutic effect of combination of Shenmai injection and meglumine in the treatment of chronic heart failure is accurate,it can significantly improve cardiac function,and has high safety,and without adverse reaction reports,it is worthy of the clinical application and popularization.
8.Development of a blood circulation monitor for transplanted skin
Shaozhou YANG ; Liang CHEN ; Ke TIAN ; Shengjun WANG
Chinese Medical Equipment Journal 1993;0(06):-
Skin temperature is relative to blood circulation. The temperature of transplanted skin is one of the most important indexes describing blood circulation after operation. This paper introduces a blood circulation monitor for transplanted skin, which monitors blood circulation through continuous testing of temperature.
9.Design of digital video acquisition card based on TMS320C6201
Na WEI ; Zheng WANG ; Liang CUI ; Dianzhong HUANG ; Yue TIAN
Chinese Medical Equipment Journal 2004;0(07):-
Conventional digital video acquisition card can only collect but not process video frequency.This paper introduces the design of a digital video acquisition card based on C6000 DSP chip of TI company,which can process digital video automatically and communicate with mainframe through PCI interface.
10.Effects of ?-catenin-dependent LEF-1 isoforms on the biological behavior of HeLa cells
Shuhong WANG ; Kejun NAN ; Tao TIAN ; Xuan LIANG
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences) 1981;0(03):-
Objective To study the effects of ?-catenin-dependent lymphoid enhancer factor(LEF-1) isoforms on biological behavior of HeLa cells.Methods ?-catenin-dependent LEF-1 genes were obtained by PCR from human lymphoid node cDNA library and inserted into pcDNA3.1/V5-His vector to construct the eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.1-F-LEF-1.Using lipofectamineTM 2000,the plasmid pcDNA3.1-F-LEF-1 was transfected into Hela cells.Then we screened the stable cell lines that expressed the truncated LEF-1 isoforms by G418 and identified the expression of target gene with Western blot.Then we analyzed the proliferation,apoptosis,cell clone formation and capability of tumor formation in vivo of transfected cell lines.Results We successfully constructed the ?-catenin-dependent LEF-1 eukaryotic expression plasmid and obtained the stable HeLa cell lines that expressed the full-length LEF-1 isoforms.The proliferation and capability of tumor formation in vivo of transfected cells were increased while apoptosis was decreased.Conclusion The overexpression of ?-catenin-dependent isoforms can stimulate the malignant biological behavior of HeLa cells.